CALIFONIA - Facebook, the largest Internet giant now, again entered a new phase.
Recently, social networking made by Mark Zuckerberg had received an injection of new funds of U.S. $ 500 million
The loan was reported to come from Goldman Sachs for U.S. $ 450 million investment and research institutions from Russia, Digital Sky Technologies for U.S. $ 50 million.
Previously, Facebook has recorded five times a round of funding which totals U.S. $ 800 million.
With this new funding, social networking is a new six-year-old has received funding of U.S. $ 1.3 billion.
"With the accumulation of injection of funds, the valuation of Facebook now been increased to U.S. $ 50 billion, reported the New York Times.
As is known, the price briefly rose up down in the range of U.S. $ 40-50 billion in the secondary market in recent weeks.
Last September, a social networking holds more than half a billion people were still in the price range of U.S. $ 23-33 billion, and in November rose to U.S. $ 41 billion.
As part of the deal, Goldman Sachs will assist up to get additional funds amounting to U.S. $ 1.5 billion. To achieve this, the investment bank that will make "special vehicles" that allows others to invest in up indirectly.
This method is believed to be helped up get away from the written requirements in the regulation of the SEC, in which a company must have 499 investors toward the IPO (initial public offering).
Reportedly, Goldman Sachs will become the first investor in up later. According to the NYT report, Goldman Sachs offered the option to sell U.S. $ 75 million of its shares to the company's Russian origin.
Until now, it is unclear what will be done up with the money is. In the meantime, the money could be used to cash a number of employees and investors, or even hold a large-scale recruitment. What is clear, to do two things, the newly acquired funds arguably too big.
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